Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Dorothea’s House offers some ‘ospitalità ’
Dorothea’s House in Princeton hosted a dessert party in late July for a group of young students who had arrived from Italy and South Dakota to spend three weeks studying at Princeton University. For the seventh year in a row, Princeton University hosted a group of students from Italy as part of the…
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PRINCETON: A little ‘Fresh Air’
Public radio personality Terry Gross appears at Princeton Public Library’s Centennial Gala on Oct. 9.
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LOOSE ENDS: Among the greats, somewhere …
The theme of Princeton Public Library’s Centennial Gala: ‘100 Years of Words, Ideas and Community’ By Pam Hersh Special Writer No one asked me. Maybe the reason for being overlooked is because the most original thing I have ever said or written — without any profanity, that is — is “Life is a crapshoot.”…
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PRINCETON: A little ‘Fresh Air’
Public radio personality Terry Gross appears at Princeton Public Library’s Centennial Gala on Oct. 9 National Public Radio personality Terry Gross, host of the popular weekday show “Fresh Air,” will be the featured speaker at the Princeton Public Library’s gala centennial benefit on Oct. 9. The annual fundraising event takes on special significance this…
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Try finding justice in traffic court
Melvin A. Benarde of Princeton After 45 years of driving around New Jersey, I was ticketed for a moving violation as I slowly turned left off Route 206 into the Montgomery Shopping Center. Believing there was ample reason to appeal this expensive fine, I opted for what I assumed would be a municipal court…
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Let’s not travel the road of Greece
William Stephenson of Princeton Maybe it would be helpful to think of oneself in an automobile that is headed near the edge of a cliff, and the driver is not steering the car. If there was another person in the front seat, capable of steering the car back onto the road, most of us,…
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Stop the spending, vote for Sipprelle
Jack A Frohbieter of Cranbury In the minute it takes you to read this, the U.S. government will go another $3.4 million in debt. It is happening every minute of every hour of every day — $1.8 trillion of new debt this year alone. If you believe this is a sound policy, then re-elect…
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NJ veteran praises U.S. Rep. Rush Holt
I am an 83-year-old veteran of the Korean War and have been voting for the last 62 years, never missing an election with the exception of serving my country overseas in Korea. I have voted in many congressional elections since given the opportunity to cast my vote. I heard of all kids of promises…
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Why won’t Rep. Holt agree to a debate?
Beverly T. Elston of Princeton Scott Sipprelle, the Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey’s 12th District has repeatedly challenged Rush Holt, the incumbent, to debate the serious issues currently facing our nation, but Mr. Holt has refused to respond. Why, I ask, does Mr. Holt refuse? If we want to live in a…
